Conversion formula

The conversion factor from meters to decimeters is 10, which means that 1 meter is equal to 10 decimeters:

1 m = 10 dm

To convert 850 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 850 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from meters to decimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 m → 10 dm

850 m → L_(dm)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:

L_(dm) = 850 m × 10 dm

L_(dm) = 8500 dm

The final result is:

850 m → 8500 dm

We conclude that 850 meters is equivalent to 8500 decimeters:

850 meters = 8500 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.00011764705882353 × 850 meters.

Another way is saying that 850 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011764705882353 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight hundred fifty meters is approximately eight thousand five hundred decimeters:

850 m ≅ 8500 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero times eight hundred fifty meters.

Conversion table

meters to decimeters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from meters to decimeters